Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Today I have a few projects from one of SVG Attic's newest sets, Carousel Dreams. When I first saw this set, I knew I had to do the gift bag, 3D horse, and one of the cards! Cyndy did an excellent job designing this set.

When I began planning this project, all I knew was that I wanted to use some rose gold paper. Which I just happened to have ONE sheet left from my Rose Quartz stack courtesy of DCWVinc.

If I had a full stack of just this rose gold paper, I would be a happy crafter! But since I only had one sheet left, I had to be selective on what detailed parts I could use the rose for.

For the horses, I decided to go with a cream/tan/brown scheme.

I placed some clear vellum on the back of the bag so that when I use it, nothing falls out of it!

I used the same papers for all three projects to keep within the theme.

The one thing about photographing the rose gold is that different angles show a different color. Dark, light, just right.

The light pink blanket bounces the light off the bottom of the bag, yet the top is

darker!

I think out of the whole set, the 3D horse is my favorite. But maybe the bag as well, no I really like the card as well.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Well not in my world. In my world, I wear flip flops year round. Rain, snow, ice, shine, etc. So when I saw this little Scrap Factory cutie from Scrappy Dew's freebie Friday file, I had to do something with her!

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Hello all I am sharing a floral topiary pot from SVG Attic. Now I added more flowers and greenery to mine, just to showcase a small example of what can become of this wonderful set coming soon.

There are a lot of new sets coming out so keep checking on SVG Attic's website. However, I couldn't wait for this one to come out in a set so I grabbed the 3D Flower Ball and Topiary Pot from the Silhouette store and got to work! I decided to go the full topiary route instead of just doing the 3D flower ball, because well I've done plenty of flower balls this year already!

One of the things I really enjoyed about this project was the ability to make each flower different by using a different sheet of cardstock.

With all the paper from one stack, they all match.

I just happened to have some gold brads on hand to help with the pop of texture.

For the bottom of the pot, I made smaller flower buds and added some green leaves and ivy.

The construction of the flower buds are actually rather simple. There are a lot though so plan ahead for some time to make this project!
Tutorials are found on Needles 'n' Knowledge blog.

Friday, June 2, 2017

This project has been on my to-do list ever since the CG Fabulous 50s set came out from SVG Attic!

Today I bring you a retro rocking birthday set I made for a family members birthday. During the cutting process, I decided to give the records a little flair. To do this, I added extra internal circles for each record and then used my eraser tool to take out the excess rings to shape the highlights of the records. *Silhouette studios and pen attachment tool used*

I used a silver gel pen, knowing I was risking it smearing in the process. However, I didn't want the lines to be just perfect so the smear was fine with me!

For the face of the jukebox, I added some pop up tape behind the extra elements on the front to bring more depth.

The finished set turned out better than I thought!

This little jukebox is the cutest

The bottom comes out as a box to hide goodies or money in!

The jukebox card is just as cute

The jukebox card is just as cute

Box the box and the box card are super easy to make and take hardly anytime at all.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Two things I know for sure. Kids LOVE sidewalk chalk and bubbles! For this layout, I went with a more clean, crisp layout to focus more on the photos rather than crowding it with decor which is naturally kind of my style.

After I selected the files and photos I wanted, I decided that the 'Lively Geos' stack from DCWV would work great for these photos. I tend to select the background colors based off of what the child is wearing in the photo.

Gotta stick the tongue out to focus!

Every 12 x 12 layout that I do must be a matching set. Which is probably why I have so many albums!

Each layout I do has to have a caption with specific dates and ages because I never know how old I am in any childhood photos I find so I make sure to state this for my children when they are older!

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